You might no longer have access to CBS and CBS Sports, in addition to Paramount’s other channels, through YouTube television after today, February 13. In a statement, YouTube has exposed that it’s in the middle of settlements with the business to be able to continue using its channels. YouTube states it’s “defending a contract that prevents passing along extra expenses” to you, which shows that they can’t settle on a monetary offer that works for both of them, in addition to one that offers you “more versatility in how you see your preferred sports and programs.”
In addition to CBS and CBS Sports, the channels impacted consist of Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, MTV and VH1. Numerous add-ons for YouTube television, such as Paramount+ with Showtime, will no longer be offered. YouTube began including Paramount’s channels to its lineup in 2020, when YouTube television still cost $50 a month. Today, the live television streaming service will set you back $70 a month for the very first half year and after that $83 a month moving forward.
YouTube states that if it can’t reach a handle Paramount, and the business’s material ends up being not available for “a prolonged time period,” it will offer you $8 in credit. Remarkably, YouTube is encouraging audiences who desire ongoing access to the networks reveals to register for the Paramount+ streaming service, which costs a minimum of $8 a month.
Paramount has actually likewise begun alerting customers that they will not have the ability to access its stations through YouTube television in the meantime and has even released a site notifying them about it. The business composed on the site that it has actually made a “series of reasonable deals” to keep the channels on the service. “YouTube television is trying to press Paramount to accept one-sided terms, and these non-market needs might result in a preventable loss of Paramount’s networks on YouTube television, in addition to the elimination of Paramount+ and BET+ from YouTube’s Primetime Channels, on February 13,” a Paramount representative informed Engadget. “Paramount has a long performance history of effectively and agreeably restoring collaborations with every significant supplier, consisting of numerous in current months, and we will continue our efforts to reach a brand-new contract with YouTube television,” they likewise stated.
Update, February 14, 2025, 12:08 AM ET: This story has actually been upgraded to include Paramount’s declaration.
